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(No Model.)

O.G. PUGH.

GANE.

PatentedfJan. 31, 1898.

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t OLIVER C. PUGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,722, dated January 31, 1893. Application tiled July 28, 1892. Serial No. 441,489. (No model.)

To all whom z3 may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER C. PUGH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canes and SimilarArticles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to canes or walkingsticks, to umbrella-sticks, and also to various other kinds of staffs, and the objects of my invention are to provide attach ments for such sticks or staffs which shall adapt them for use as receptacles for flags, guide-maps, and various other articles of display or reference, and which shall be very compact, so as to involve no material alteration in the external appearance of the sticks' or staffs. Furthermore, to produce attachments which, in addition to the advantages above enumerated, shall be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction and capable of easy manipulation by the user.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a walkingstick or cane embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in side elevation and partly in axial longitudinal section, of the upper part of said walking-stick or cane. Fig. 3 isla cross-sectional View of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line 3-3of Fig. 2. Fig. et is also across-sectional View, of the cane, taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In the said drawings,A designates the bodyportion, or stick or staff of the cane, this body-portion being either of wood or any other suitable material and being also of any desired length; the body-portion being shown as of tapered cylindrical form, but being permissibly of any external contour desired.

Asgdesignates the head of the cane, this head being shown as in the form of a knob,

but being permissibly of any of the wellknown forms of cane-heads.

A2 designates va tubular section or casing which is interposed between the upper end of the body-portion or staff A and the head A3 and which serves to connect the head to the staff. This tubular section or casing may be either of Wood or metal, or of any other suitable orv preferred material, and may also be of any desired length. As shown, the casing A2 is of cylindrical form to accord with the cylindrical form of the body-portion or staff A, but it is to be understood that this casing A3 may be varied greatly in its general form without departing from the essential spirit of the inventor; it being preferable that the casing should accord closely, inits general external contour, with the staff orbody-portion A, so that there shall be no material difference, in general appearance, of the cane from canes as usually constructed. At one side, the tubular casing A2 is formed with an elongated longitudinal opening or slot h6, for a purpose soon to be explained, and the upper end of the body-portion or staff A is shown as slightly reduced in diameter so as to tit closely within the lower end of the casing A2. A metal cap A4 is shown as placed upon the reduced upper end of the staff or bodyportion A, so as to embrace the same, and suitable rivets or screws are inserted radially through the lower end of the vcasing A2, and likewise through the margins of the cap b, and also into the end of the staff A, so as to securely connect the parts together. The lower end of the head A3 is also inserted tightly into the upper end' of the casing A2; suitable screws or rivets being insertedfradially through the upper end of said casing and into the lower end of the head, so as to.

likewise securely connect the parts together'.

Within the tubular casing is placed a hollow revoluble barrel Bhwhich extends longitudinally of the casing,"centrally of the same. Into the lower end of this barrel is tightly inserted a plug b', preferably of wood, the lower or outer side of which is formed with a central downward extension b2 which passes loosely through the center of the cap A4 and also loosely into a socket a formed centrally in the upper end of the staff A; the arrangement being such that the plug may freely turn axially and thus permit the barrel to likewise freely turn.

Into the upper end of the barrel B is tightly inserted a plug b, also preferably of wood; a suitable number of radial screws 0,7 being preferably passed through the upper end of the barrel and into the plug h so as t-o prevent,

turning of the plug within the barrel. At its upper end, the plug I) is'formed or provided with ratchet-teeth D which are engaged by a pawl B4 pivoted about midway of its length to the lower end of lthe head A3, and having its tip pressed inward, into engagement with the ratchet-teeth, by a spring B6; one end of this spring being secured to the lower end of the head A3, and the opposite end of said spring pressing upon the tip of the pawl. The opposite end of the pawl BL1 carries a pushpin b5 which projects outwardly from the pawl and works freely through the upper end of the casing A3, for a purpose soon to be explained.

Centrally through the barrel B extends a non-revoluble rod B the lower end of which is loosely stepped into a socket formed in the center of the plug b', so that said plug can turn freely around this end of the rod. The upper end of the rod passes freely through the center of the plug b, so that said plug can turn upon the rod, and enter the lower end of the head A3, wherein it is held against rotation by a cross-pin b which is inserted radially into the lower end ofthe handle A3 and transversely through the upper end of the rod. A spiral spring B3 is coiled around the rod B and is located Wholly within the barrel B; this spring extending from one end of the rod to the other, and having itslower end attached to the rod. The upper end of this spring is secured eccentrically to the plug h. A ilexible strip B5, of the paper, cloth, or any other flexible material is secured at its inner end longitudinally upon the barrel B and extends through the opening or slot b3 in the casing A3. A suitable rod bl is shown as secured transversely to the outer end of the strip B5; this rod being of greater thickness or greater length than the opening or slot b3, and thus preventing the outer extremity of the strip B5 from being drawn wholly'within the casing A3. The flexible strip B5 may bear the representation of a flag, banner, or streamer, or it may bear a guide-map, or descriptive matter serving as aguide or to impart advertising or other matter of information, of Variouskinds. Furthermore, the body-portion A may be an umbrella-stick, or a staff of any kind, without departing from the essential spirit of my invention.

The action of the coiled spring B3 is to uncoil and thus revolve the barrel B in such manner as to wind the flexible strip B5 around the barrel, so Jthat said strip shall be practically wholly concealed within the cane or sta When the flexible strip B5 is to be exposed, for display or for reference, its outer end is grasped by the user and the strip is drawn outward. This movement of the strip unwinds it from the barrel B and revolves the barrel in such direction as to coil up the spring B3. During this drawing out of the strip, the pawl B4rides freely over the ratchet-teeth D, and finally engages one of said teeth so asvto retain the strip in its extended position.

When it is desired to wind the strip within the cane, inward pressure is applied to the push-pin b5, and the tip of the pawl B4 is y lifted out of engagement with the ratchetteeth D; the spring B3 now being free to uncoil, and winding in the strip B5 radially.

It is to be distinctly understood that by locating the spring B3 and rod B within the barrel B, the device, as a Whole, is rendered sufficiently compact to form a part of a cane or an umbrella-stick, or a staff, without material alteration of the general appearance of the cane-stick, or staff, or any clumsiness, or any undesirable increase in the length or size of such article.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A stick or staff, comprising a body-portion and a head and also a tubular portion interposed longitudinally between the body-portion and the head, a non-revoluble rod located centrally within the tubular portion and having one end fixed in the head, a hollow revoluble barrel surrounding the rod and located wholly within the tubular portion, a coiled spring surrounding the rod and also located wholly within the tubular portion and connected at one end to the rod, a short plug inserted into one end of the barrel and having an outward extension Working freely in the end of the body-portion, a second short plug inserted into the opposite end of the barrel and carrying ratchet-teeth, the opposite end of the coiled spring being connected to said plug, a pivoted spring-pressed pawl carried by the head and engaging the ratchet-teeth, and also located within the tubular portion, a push-pin carried by the pawl and protruding through the tubular portion, and a flexible strip secured at one end to the barrel and extending through a slot in the tubular portion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claimlthe foregoing as i my invention I ailx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER C. PUGH.

Witnesses:

TAYLOR E. BROWN, Gao. E. WALDo.

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